Legislature Promises Projects for Guanacaste

Early referendums to decide the membership of the peninsula and an amnesty to clear the coastal areas were two promises made by the president of Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly, Victor Emilio Granados, during the ceremony of the annexation of Nicoya.

Notably moved, under the intense Guanacaste heat, Granados gave an almost informal speech; he even forgot the protocol greetings that are normally given at the beginning of a speech.

"Outside of a political speech, I just want to say two things" said Granados and promised to accelerate the law projects that are under the legislative power and related the referendum to create a new county in the Peninsula, belonging to the Guanacaste province.

He assured that both the Presidenta Laura Chinchilla and the deputies of the province have approved both projects.

Chinchilla agreed and in her own speech in Nicoya promised to, "maintain the proper neutrality so that the projects can move through legislation and the will of the people is imposed."

The legal aspects of the projects have been under the Legislative Assembly for several years and proposed to conduct a plebiscite for the territories of Paquera, Lepanto and Cóbano, which will no longer be part of Puntarenas, instead forming a new county in Guanacaste.

The plebiscite would ensure that the populations of these territories now belonging to the Puntarenas province will decide which territory they want to belong to.

From  Costaricanorth.com